People must realize the world in which they exist appears as waking (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (non-duality).+

People refuse to accept the world is an illusion. People must realize the world in which they exist appears as waking (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (non-duality).

A person, who stamped his foot on the ground to refute to show the world, is real, ignores that in a dream he would do exactly the same--stamp his dream foot on the ground and assert it to be real.

When people finally realize the ‘Self ‘ is not the ‘I’ but the ‘Self’ is the Soul, the witness of the ‘I’ then they will realize the world in which they exist is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness.

Thus, people and their experiences of birth, life, death, and the world are merely an illusion created out of consciousness.

Consciousness alone is real and all else is an illusion. Thus, consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

Many Gurus in the past glorified the ‘I’. People got emotionally stuck with their Gurus worshipping them and got entangled with studying the life and happenings of their guru when their Gurus were alive. They forgot their main goal of discovering the truth of their true existence. This following Gurudom trend is still continuing.'

Yoga Vasistha says: ~ ‘Self’-knowledge or knowledge of truth is not had by resorting to a Guru (preceptor) nor by the study of scripture, nor by good works: it is attained only through inquiry inspired by the company of wise (Gnani). One’s inner light alone is the means, naught else. When this inner light is kept alive, it is not affected by the darkness of inertia.

There is no need to condemn Gurus, but there is a need to highlight how they become an obstacle in realizing the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth

Swami Vivekananda said: ~ “You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher, but the Soul.”

The Guru is useless so long as the ultimate truth is unknown, and the Guru is equally useless when the ultimate truth or Brahman has already been known.

A Guru is needed for the religious and the yogic path. There is no need for a Guru to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

There are two kinds of audiences - the ordinary ones who desire the transitory heaven and other pleasures obtained as a result of ritual sacrifices, and the more advanced seekers who seek to know the truth beyond form, time, and space.

The Gurudom is meant for the first audience, to help lead its followers along the way. The Atmic path is meant for those who wish to go beyond the domain of form, time, and space.:~Santthosh Kumaar

The ‘I’ is the cause of the division within consciousness.+

 It is erroneous to identify the Soul, the  ‘Self’ as 'I' or 'I AM' because the Soul, the ‘Self’ is not  HE or SHE. The Soul, the ‘Self’ is that witness of the 'I'.

The ‘I’ is not the expression of the fullness of consciousness.

 The ‘I’ is the cause of the division within consciousness.

The ‘I’ is ignorance.

The ‘I’ is the cause of experiencing the dualistic illusion as a reality.

The ‘I’ is the cause of the experience of birth death and the world.

The ‘I’ is the cause of the form, time, and space.

The ‘I’ is the cause of the universe.

The ‘I’ is the cause of the three states.

The ‘I’ is the cause of the mind.

Remember:~

Without the ‘I’ it is the fullness of consciousness.

 Without the ‘I’ there is no division within consciousness.

Without the ‘I’ there is no ignorance.

Without the ‘I’ there is no dualistic illusion.

Without the ‘I’ there is no experience of birth death and the world.

Without the ‘I’  there is no form, time, and space.

Without The ‘I’ there is no universe.

Without the ‘I’ there are no three states.

The ‘I’ is 

the cause of the mind, which is present in the form of the universe. :~Santthosh Kumaar 

Swami Vivekananda “The wicked are always looking for defects. Flies come and seek for the ulcer, and bees come only for the honey in the flower.+

Some Gurus propagate to be the perfect changeless Light – how can you become changeless light when your existence is illumined by the Soul, the eternal light. Realize the Self is not you but the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

That is why Buddha said: ~ “Believe nothing because a wise man said it, Believe nothing because it is generally held. Believe nothing because it is written. Believe nothing because it is said to be divine. Believe nothing because someone else said it. But believe only what you, yourself judge to be true

Swami Vivekananda:~“The wicked are always looking for defects. Flies come and seek for the ulcer, and bees come only for the honey in the flower. Do not follow the way of the fly but that of the bee.

If you are the truth seeker then you are the bee, follow the way of the bee to taste the nectar of Advaita.

Bhagavan Buddha: - There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth: not going all the way... and not starting.

You are not the witness (Soul) because you belong to the witnessed (world). Do not get fooled by the ornamental words.

You have nothing to do with the Soul because the Self is not you but the ‘Self is the Soul, which is the cause of the world in which you exist and it, itself is uncaused.

Your emotions and sentimental mentality keep you in the domain of ignorance permanently.

If you are seeking truth then it is time to come out of your emotions. You have become a victim of your own emotions. No physical Guru can give you Gnana. You have to walk your own path.

Swami Vivekananda: ~Jñāna Yoga is divided into three parts:~

First:- hearing the truth--that the Atman is the only reality and that everything else is Maya.

Second:- reasoning upon this philosophy from all points of view. \

Third:- giving up all further argumentation and realizing the truth. This realization comes from being certain that Brahman is real and everything else is unreal.

Swami Vivekananda said:~ "The Vedas teach that the Soul is divine, only held in the bondage of matter; perfection will be reached when this bond will burst, and the word they use for it is, therefore, Mukthi - freedom, freedom from the bonds of imperfection, freedom from death and misery."

Remember:~

The Advaitic truth is very simple, but it is very difficult to grasp because of ignorance. You have to only realize the world in which you exist is created out of a single clay. And that single clay is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Thus, you and your body and the world in which you exist are nothing but consciousness because they are merely an illusion created out of consciousness. A perfect understanding of ‘what is what’ is needed.

A Gnani can point at the sky, but the seeing of the star is the seeker's own work. .:~Santthosh Kumaar

Ashtavakra Gita: ~ Know the Self to be One and in this way enter into the state of dissolution."

Ashtavakra Gita: ~ “The universe raises from the Soul, the Self’ like bubbles from the sea. Thus, know the Self to be One and in this way enter into the state of dissolution."

The Soul is light that illuminates the whole cosmos. As soon as you get a glimpse of the Reality of true existence, you will realize the ‘Self is not you but the ‘Self is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

No can one see the Soul as it really is? You see the world that confronts you except the Soul. The illusory universe hides the Soul’s reality.

Swami Vivekananda: This bending the knee to superstitions, this selling yourself to your own mind does not befit you, the Soul. Self is infinite, deathless, and birthless. Because the Self is infinite Spirit, it does not befit you to be a slave. ... Arise! Awake! Stand up and fight! Die if you must. There is none to help you. Self is the entire world. Who can help you?

All accumulated knowledge is of no use in the path of wisdom. Without realizing “What is the truth it is impossible to realize “What is untruth?” Without realizing what is truth and what is untruth it is impossible to assimilate the Self –Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

The seeker must know with full and firm conviction what truth is.

Advatic wisdom consists in knowing the truth, that everything (mind or physical existence) is consciousness.

Freedom (ultimate truth) is always there yet one does not know it. But to those whose reason is turned away from physicality and who have attained the serenity of the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness, is quite near to realizing the ultimate truth or Brahman.

Ashtavakra: ~ Diamonds are not many; only pebbles and rocks are so common. A single diamond is enough: ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Religious believers constantly quarreling with one another claiming that their religion is superior to other religions.+

Religious believers constantly quarreling with one another claiming that their religion is superior to other religions.

Religious people haven't the intelligence to understand that in reality there is nothing that exists other than the universal God, which is present in the form of the Spirit. The Spirit is the Self.

The ultimate truth is One and universal. All people are seeking the same Truth..... Everyone is going toward the ultimate Goal. They will all realize the ultimate truth or Brahman or God if they have sincerity and longing to realize it.

Religion causes one to become crippled, Self-mortifying and Self-deprecating is not a religion, but the social system of controlling the populace through psychological deformation and retardation.

One can think only within the waking experience. Therefore, even if one stops thinking he still remains a man without the thoughts. The thoughts will not form without form, feeling, perception mental formation, and consciousness. If one of these things is not there, then the thoughts will not form.

The thoughts will not stop until one becomes aware that, the Self is formless. It is impossible to get rid of the form without understanding ‘What is the mind? is and ‘What is the substance of the mind? ‘What is the source of the mind?

The formless Soul, the ‘Self’, when known becomes an object. The Soul, when realized, then it becomes consciousness. This is the distinction between knowing and realizing.

Remember:~

Religion and yoga deal with lower knowledge. Sages ignored these rituals and went in search of higher knowledge. ... Such rituals and yoga are unsafe rafts for crossing the Ocean of ignorance.

Doomed to shipwreck are those who try to cross the ocean of ignorance on these poor rafts. Ignorant of their own ignorance, yet wise in their own esteem, these deluded men proud of their vain learning go round and round like the blind led by the blind.

Sage Sankara said as much philosophy as you like, worship as many Gods as you please, observe ceremonies, and sing devotional hymns, but liberation will never come, even after a hundred aeons, without realizing the Oneness.

Advaitic wisdom has nothing to do with egocentric Advaitic orthodoxy and other dualistic philosophies.

If you are a seeker of truth nothing but the truth the seeker has to drop all his accumulated knowledge and start afresh.

As the seeker digs into older posts and blogs old as well as new he will start finding answers for all his cobwebs of doubts and confusion.

The Atmic path makes the seeker think independently without outer spoon-feeding. Therefore there is a need to read, reflect, think, and reason again and again umpteen times until it is firmly rooted in the subconscious.

Once the Advaitic firmly takes root in the subconscious then you get the soulcentric vision of the universe. :~Santthosh Kumaar

Without reading the full subject matter coming to a judgment on your own point of view is not wisdom.+

Without reading the full subject matter coming to a judgment on your own point of view is not wisdom. Holding your accumulated knowledge and passing opinions without knowing the subject matter discussed fully will not yield wisdom.

Mixing religious views in the Atmic path is a great hindrance in realizing the truth hidden by ignorance. The religious orthodox knowledge has nothing to do with the Atmic path.

The Atmic path is not for those who think whatever they have read and heard from others is the ultimate truth. Such a mindset is not fit to acquire Self-knowledge. Such a mindset is a prisoner of their intellectual wealth. Their ‘I know attitude blocks than from realizing the truth is hidden by the ‘I’.

There is no need to agree or disagree with what is said in my postings or blogs. By agreeing or disagreeing the wisdom will not dawn. Those who agree will move further and reach the ultimate end of their understanding and those who disagree will remain stagnant with their own intellectual wealth.

The Atmic path is not for those who think they know is the ultimate truth because they have studied and mastered Vedanta and other scriptures. The Atmic path is for those who are seriously seeking the truth.

Atmic Path is not a question-and-answer session. The Atmic path is not the path to exchange views and opinions.

I have bifurcated what is not needed to realize the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

Some people expect me to comment on their individual views opinions and experiences.

I do not want to mix others' views opinions and experiences, which is of no use in the Atmic path. I share only what is revealed to me from the inner core.

Self-knowledge will not arise from the exchange of views opinions and arguments.

The accumulated knowledge is not a yardstick, to realize the truth beyond the form, time, and space.

In the path of wisdom discussion of the unimportant subject matter creates a hindrance.

The path of truth is the path of verification. Nothing has to be accepted as truth without verification. Agreeing to disagree causes unnecessary friction.

Sharing is giving info for the sake of goodness. As with all things, achieving a balance of peaceful communication is established with respect, humility, understanding, and patience. Balancing an achievement is harder.

The seeker has to stop passing unimportant opinions on the Atmic path. The Atmic path is not the path of discussion, but the path of realization of the truth. :~Santthosh Kumaar

The scriptures are filled just with information. By accumulating information it is imposible acquire Advaitic wisdom.+

The scriptures are filled just with information. By accumulating information it is impossible to acquire Advaitic wisdom. No matter how much one knows, wisdom is not attained.

One can go on gathering more and more knowledge, learn the scriptures by heart, become parrots, memorize each and every sutra or stanza, let the complete Vedas be imprinted in his memory -- but still, the wisdom will not dawn.

People think that mastering scriptural knowledge is wisdom. Pundits and religious gurus call scriptural knowledge as wisdom. Scriptural knowledge binds one instead thus it is not liberation. Wisdom is that which liberates one from experiencing the duality as reality

Mundaka Upanishads: ~ “So-called spiritual pundits and learned are called children because a child takes whatever it thinks as truth. The question never occurs to children “Is what I have seen or thought really the truth?" (P.334 line 9)

Scriptures are not needed in the pursuit of truth. Even the Upanishads and the sages of truth declare the same.

The ultimate truth has to be ascertained without the scriptures by realizing the Self is neither the waking entity nor the dream entity but the Self is the Soul which is present in the form of consciousness.

In the realm of truth form, time, and space are created out of single stuff. That single stuff is consciousness. Realizing the single stuff as the ultimate truth is Self-realization or truth realization. To realize this truth there is no need for the scriptures.

The ultimate truth has to be realized first then only it is possible to know what the scriptures are saying.

Scriptures are being added from time to time. This process will go on. There is the final authority among them? One contradicts the other: duality reigns supreme.

I quote Scriptural citation only after verifying reality and is proved truth, to point out that the scriptures teach the same thing. If one quotes them before having demonstrated the truth, then it is scholasticism.

Self-knowledge cannot be attained by taking sanyasa, by the study of the scriptures and intellectual understanding, or by bookish knowledge. Therefore there is no use in studying the scriptures and other scriptures to acquire non-dual wisdom.

That is why Bhagavan Buddha rejected the scriptures, and even Sage Sri, Sankara indicated that the ultimate truth lies beyond religion, the concept of God, and scriptures.

There is only one Reality to be known, the same for all seekers, but the ways to it, are hidden by the religion.

Self-discovery is the only way, toward the non-dual Absolute without any religious doctrines, which will help the seekers to unfold the mystery of the illusion in which we all are searching for the truth of our true existence. :~Santthosh Kumar